Atlantic Yards Over the Years: a Visual History   Images assembled by Norman Oder, Atlantic Yards Report AtlanticYardsReport.com 12/03 site plan, Forest City Ratner lulu-In Jul?u mi I- Of?cial Site Plan, Empire State Develooment Corporation. 2006 Phase II f?-llhi?h-?- mum-smear.? Evert-{Him 5:1? - l3? Arm Emma- - H?mf?l?m - Arm -ew TEE-HEAL M?m#mmd Halal-Immu- IldI-I-nl-Iupm-I-nt Pram: FEIS Reside-hum Mixed-Use Variatiun Site Plan Figure 1 Develop Don?t Destroy Map muf?uL-?h??m F'al 'l'l'l?ml'ligh- 5 Q: ?gff HILL WKEILU: 1 Forest City Ratner Presentation to City Council, 2005 (note distance of “Prospect Heights“ from site) Atlantic TerminallCenter Before two malls, new housin- Atlantic TerminalICenter Today limE-? a . Atlantic Terminal Urban Renewal Area (ATURA), from 1960s  ATURA in red, AY site blue; eminent domain battle over properties in “blue” blocks (not blue/red) December 2003 arena rendering By Frank Gehry December 2003 skyline rendering By Frank Gehry, Williamsburgh Savings Bank at right (east) Brooklyn Pa pong run: - - .- . -.1 NETS was sold to w-w? ?g . an} Rubert w? Murdoch?s CNG in 2009 Forest City Ratner Brochure mailed to Brooklynites, May 2004   The quote is from Herbert Muschamp, NYTimes architecture critic The buildings would not be three stories Develop Don?t Destroy Brooklyn poster, August 2004 SUPERSIZE Check Out Bruce Ratner?s Huge I7 High-Rise and Nets Arena ru'ec a ARENA Nat Vis ew From Park SID ope WitethY HHIpweamc neBa eert lGooTDe anoid] neieTthh Summer 2005   “Publication” by Forest City Ratner After second issue in fall 2005, it was canceled July 2005, New Gehry renderings from above addendum, July 2005 Atlantic Yards brochure, May 2006  Where are the towers? (Smudgy buildings in red, as seen from a satellite) Fish-eye lens misleadingly suggests whole site is a railyard A Vision fur the Future. Brooklyn Views blog (via DDDB), May 2006  Views of Fifth Avenue looking north at “Miss Brooklyn” (currently the office tower is on hold) 2.15?. . Iii-nun: . HI EVEIE. mmr.? i. rr?uawrr - . July 2006: new Gehry renderings July 2006 Flagship tower="M iss Brooklyn" El Gehry calls it "my ego trip" Dean Street scale, 7/06, 1 a . Jonathan Barkey El Looking northwest toward Downtown Brooklyn El Gehry incorporates Barkey?s photo for ESDC Emma: Thin "guru II In 1 run FEIEI E11 sting and Proposed Wm: Harthwest an Dean Street Possible signage, November 2006 {till i 1., r? . -4 4,4; I - "than . 31:11Hm: For mime-m only this figure is new to the FEIS Proposed Urban Room and Signage Atlantic Avenue?Transparent Signage Figure S-3?a Atlantic ?Yards Arena and Redevelopment Project AtlanticYa ATLANTIC YARDSI OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PURCHASE THE BOOK "unclear Dem at Ca'itm Mews, Praspect Hc-Igl?ts. Eu'anklw. New Voz'k Photos by Tracy Collins ElmaEl-nT-l??m 1M AR SFECT HEIGHTS, if 1/ u. 15-3." v-i- I I I I. Atlantic Yards Arena 8: Redevelopment Project Block and Lot Map a 2? 245 Black I125 '3 i=1 J1, wear .1 ?r II: II I I Project Site WHDERBILT ?it-'E Forest City Ratner Property Map, May 2005 Atlantic Yards Site Acquisition . Property Owned By the MTA Property Owned by the City . Property OwnedfControlled by FCRC Property Controlled by FCRC Except Block 1127, Lot 2? [1 unit}, Lot 35 (2 units),Lot 48 (1 unit] Forest City Ratner Property Map, August 2008, overstates control Privileged Sr Striath.r Confidential Brooklyn Arena and Atlantic Yards Block and Lot Map Mira??c? atta??c? ?wand Dania Brack:119 arwh ?ea . F: . My rail mun-rt; 31 w. I KERN Hw??1 Black 1129 3-3 544% . Blush i118 I I "ItFro-pert}- by FCHF Property Dwned Eh; the nr ('in - Property Dwne by HIRE except i (dndt?r Prdperly Ehrrned by I-ILHL erttepl 1 [Linda Unit mgr-L. ?ram"; Yards i; name-.1 gr NHL. rm Mia ._1I1d Elly. PERI: acquired ground leases on them sitea. but fee owner objected and sued IG- terminate grdund least-rt. Thetaurt declared lease asaign merrlz- invalid and leases. terminatedlhe r5 being appealed. All irrfarrnatian is to the but-st knowledge. 1. l'Cll'l'. aquired qrdurrd lei-159 on this site Atrgual EGGS ESDC Property Map, July 2009 corrects the record I Brooklyn Arena and Atlantic Yards Block and Lot Map traf?c? ni?? GB . . jun35' ?iouh 1119 I .c . 5T r'l' Conll :13: FUN- L'HapHiy 13-; the MTA 12' TN.- ?Jrr. by "25-4 As of UTIEBIOQ ESDC 2006 map of properties with one or more ?blight characteristics" Pro-planing Em'bl'n'ng 0m orMc-na Eu'l'gtf GMracrsn'an'ca . Overview m? Blight-ed Conditions htiantlc Yard: Arena and . Redevelupment Pruje-zt: 51mm Etudyr 1 What if a working railyard doesn?t actually constitute blight? Atlantic ?I'ards faatprint map flail-yards Shawn as blighted. ?ail-yards Shawn as MDT ?tn?blighted. 1Q: FT- ?71Completion Dates for Project Buildings as Estimated in 2006 PROJECTED rm 15a: Inga; Hilda-q LI: IE-ED-ID 11' Dr Learn the FEMS n0landgrah.org Poster by a Sept. 2006 January 2007   Barclays buys arena naming rights for a reported $400 million. In 2009, we learn that was halved. First rendering of project scale from street level to appear in a newspaper. It came in an advertisment. May 2008: ?nal Gehry designs; no Phase 2 portrayed, nor Site 5 tower View from Flathush Avenue May 2008, Municipal Art Society alternative vision: Atlantic Lots PARKING. UNITY Plan, Sept. 2008  Limited to railyard and blocks above Pacific Street. Superblocks gone, new streets added. June 2009, Ellerbe Becket arena HITEETU RE Battle Between Budget and Beauty, Which Budget Wuu Err-c: Thefirn?. Ellerbe Beeket'e desigr fer a Nets are-re ir' Breeklyr'. frerr' ?tlartie Fwer'ue. J?s verse-r by Frank Gehry has beer abardered. Sept. 2009, new skin by note "vaportecture" towers Arena image enhanced with traf?c Will Rooftop Advertising be Design guidelines say no Weleeme tn the BROOKLYN 3/1 1/2010 Prospect Heights Historic District, designated in June 2009    SE block in red: parking lot for 1000+ cars Would project remove blight or create it? Map by Tracy Collins